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...extreme nationalists carried the day with their hateful rhetoric and destructive politics, and unleashed the ethnic violence which so horrified the world in Bosnia and still bleeds today in Kosovo. Tudjman deserves respect as a head of state, and for his role in creating a new country, no mean feat under any circumstances. But he does share with many others a great responsibility for the conflagration that shattered so many millions of lives in the former Yugoslavia, and it is entirely comprehensible that the West viewed his passing with reservations...
...HOME TOWN This fond but completely unsentimental portrait of Northampton, Mass., captures the joys and the sheer human cussedness on daily display there. Tracy Kidder lives nearby, and he spent years listening to his neighbors and walking their streets. His book is an extraordinary feat of reporting and writing, a vivid reminder both of why so many Americans flee the small towns of their birth and why so many of them miss the sense of belonging that such places inspire...
...ubiquitous athlete in the post-Jordan era. Now he has proved he's also its most amazing. Woods won his second major title and eight tournaments (including a gravity-defying four in a row) and made almost as much money as The Sixth Sense. Perhaps the most awe-inspiring feat was the juggling-ball trick in that Nike...
That's no small feat, considering that Charlotte's Web in 1952 was the last book in this age group to do the same, according to one children's book specialist...
...Fantastick Theater Company's production of George Gershwin's Crazy For You is an exceptional musical. Combining remarkable singing as well as dancing, it reaches a truly rare feat in the world of musical theater. Much of the show belongs to its company of supporting actors and dancers, who invariably steal every scene in which they appear. The dancing Follies Girls (Jennifer Schmidt ??, B.U. junior Katie Ouimette, Sarah Turner '01, Yuka Yamaguchi ??, Heather Childs ??, and Maritess Panlilio '02), led by first year Neha Jadeja in the role of Tess, are showstopping, making the full company numbers, particularly the closing...